Christy Turlington Burns is the founder of Every Mother Counts, the organization she founded to help end preventable maternal deaths around the world. After surviving her own childbirth complication, Christy directed and produced the documentary, No Woman, No Cry to raise awareness about maternal health challenges that impact the lives of millions of girls and women around the world. She has been named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in 2014, Glamour Magazine’s Woman of The Year in 2013 and one of Fast Company’s Most Creative Minds in 2013. Christy enjoyed a successful career as a model while continuing her education. She has co-created public health communications campaigns about smoking cessation and prevention since 1997 and launched an award-winning website, SmokingIsUgly.com. Christy is a member of the Harvard Medical School Global Health Council, and on the advisory Board of New York University’s Nursing School. She holds a BA from NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Studies.
